3j PREFACE 



made a study of heredity and the circumstances 

 in which human life is passed. 



Moreover, in these days, in theological circles 

 at least, much is being said about "the return 

 to Christ," and the demand is that all questions 

 of theology and sociology should be referred to 

 Him for adjustment. All this is well; but the 

 return to Christ means not only a return to His 

 teaching but a new study of His person. Why 

 should He be trusted more than others ? If He 

 is to be ranked in the category of the world's 

 teachers, the return to Christ means one thing ; 

 if He was a unique Being who cannot be classi- 

 fied with the seers, sages, and masters of the 

 past, the answer will be altogether different. 

 This book is not an attempt at anything original 

 in the way of scientific investigation ; it takes 

 facts that are now the commonplaces of science 

 and endeavours to apply them to some of the 

 problems that face every Christian thinker and 

 worker, and, indeed, almost every man of every 

 phase of faith who seeks the welfare of his 

 fellow-men. It is not offered as a solution of 

 ever-recurring problems, but it is hoped that it 

 may help at least a little toward their solution. 

 The problems of the ages are the same. Each 

 generation as it passes adds a little to the sum 



